diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index c405285ebd..9163584955 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ if( EXPAT_FOUND )
             exiv2-xmp
             ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES}
     )
+    target_include_directories(geotag PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})          # exv_conf.h 
+    target_include_directories(geotag PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)  # <exiv2/exiv2.hpp>    
     target_include_directories(geotag PRIVATE ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR})
     target_include_directories(geotag PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src) # To find unused.h